Sure, you could buy a serious gift for your recent grad's new apartment or a useful tool for your handyman dad. But don't forget everyone needs to have a little fun, too.

Board Games: Grad

Board Games: Grad

Board games are having a moment, and Cryptozoic Entertainment’s Batman: Arkham City Escape—based on the best-selling video game—allows grads to play as the World’s Greatest Detective or as some of the most lethal villains in Batman’s rogues gallery. Designed by Matt Hyra, this two-player game is deceptively simple: The villains make their escape from Arkham Asylum, and Batman must stop them. Cards offer up an assortment of Bat-gadgets, combat moves, and characters familiar to anyone who’s ever played the video games.

Board Games: Dad

Board Games: Dad

Dad may wish he had a weathered fedora or a trusty bullwhip to accompany Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game. Weighing in at over 9 pounds, Flying Frog Productions has outdone itself with this sprawling tribute to the world of pulp fiction and serial adventures of the 1930s. Players can work together or make it every man for himself as they brave unknown dangers and scour the globe fending off mobsters, cultists, and Nazis in search of rare treasure and priceless artifacts.